
SILICONE IN TRANSDERMAL PATCHES
: AS I WAS READING THROUGH ONE OF MY TEXTBOOKS (TEXTBOOK OF PHARMACOLOGY-SMITHA
: ND REYNARD), I CAME ACROSS AN ILLUSTRATION. ON PAGE 26, THERE IS A
: CROSS-SECTIONAL DIAGRAM OF A TRANSDERMAL PATCH, SPECIFICALLY TRANSDERM-NITRO.
: IN THE EXPLAINATION, IT SAID THAT THE PATCH CONTAINS COLLOIDAL SILICON DIOXIDE,
: AND SILICONE MEDICAL FLUID. ARE THESE THE SAME MATERIALS THAT ARE IN {*filter*}
: IMPLANTS? IF SO, WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE SILICONE IN THE PATCH ON THE
: BODY? ANY INFO, IS APPRECIATED.
: THANKS JEN